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A Father’s Day Note from Fausto

Queering Democracy Community Organizer Fausto Cardenas (they/them/theirs) shares a guest post about their father, and a message to all fathers. If you know me personally, you know that I love to speak about my father and how amazing he’s been throughout my life. I don’t do it as a means to brag or show off,…

National LGBTQ Task Force Statement: Stonewall Was a Riot #BlackLivesMatter

As LGBTQ Pride Month begins, peaceful protesters are taking to the streets across the country with righteous anger, pain, and mourning calling for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade and countless others who have lost their lives to police brutality and anti-Black violence.

LGBTQ Organizations Unite to Combat Racial Violence

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Those words, written over 30 years ago by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, remind us that indifference can never bridge the divide of hate. And, today, they should serve as a call to action to all of us, and to the Movement…

Queer Not Fear: Sex Ed Advocacy for LGBTQ+!

A day of working towards more comprehensive, sex-positive, queer-and-trans-affirming sex education! The Texas Youth-Led Sex Ed Initiative warmly invites you to Queer Not Fear: Sex Ed Advocacy for LGBTQ+! This conference is led by queer Texas youth organizers and supported by the National LGBTQ Task Force. ALL ARE WELCOME to join us in a day…

The International Sounds of Winter Party Festival

(Miami, FL – February 11, 2020) – The National LGBTQ Task Force invites you to be unapologetically you in South Beach as we take a stand in 2020. Celebrate yourself as we EVOLVE with our multinational lineup at Winter Party produced by the National LGBTQ Task Force. This year’s lineup echoes the multicultural sounds from all over…

Statement Responding to Trump Administration Finalizing Rule Restricting Abortion Coverage Through the ACA Exchange Health Insurance Plans

(December 20, 2019, Washington, DC) – Today, the Trump administration finalized a rule that could limit access to private insurance coverage for abortion by confusing consumers and burdening insurance providers that already offer coverage for abortion. This rule is an unnecessary regulation designed to limit access to insurance coverage for abortion. As states race to ban…